Ratnagiri Jets: Know All About Players, Owners, Captains, Records, and More

Ratnagiri Jets, one of the most successful teams in the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL), was founded in 2023. The team is owned by the three owners: Rajan Navani, Rakesh Navani, and Mahindra Lulla. The team has been the successful one for a specific reason, that Ratnagiri Jets has won back-to-back MPL seasons in both 2023 and 2024. The team has given tough competition to all sides in the tournament, where Azim Kazi is leading the side in MPL 2025 and is expected to dominate other teams again and continue the legacy. The home ground of Ratnagiri Jets is the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium, Pune, which hosted a lot of matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Team Information

Ratnagiri Jets has performed well in the tournament so far by becoming back-to-back champions in MPL. The team in MPL 2025 is also looking good to perform well and will try to continue the legacy of winning. Under skipper Azim Kazi, they will be aiming to repeat the history this time around.

Ratnagiri Jets Jersey & Logo

Ratnagiri Jets' jersey of the MPL 2025 edition is in dark blue throughout with a line of yellow in the shape of a jet reaching high and sponsors on it, where the team's logo is on the top left side with two stars on it, depicting, champions of the last two seasons. The jersey overall depicts a bold determination attitude, with jets on it depicting success and going high.

Ratnagiri Jets' logo is in the form of a batsman hitting a long six in the place of the ball, a jet going high, placed on an island. This depicts the game to be played and the resemblance to the coastal city of Ratnagiri.

Ratnagiri Jets Captain, Vice-Captain, Details

Ratnagiri Jets captain in MPL 2025 is Azim Kazi, who has helped the team clinch back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024. He is an all-rounder representing Maharashtra in the domestic circuit and has shown his skillset in the batting and bowling departments, along with leadership skills. With the perfect skillset and trust shown by the franchise, he is again looking to clinch another MPL title. The vice-captain of the team is yet to be announced.

Ratnagiri Jets History

Ratnagiri Jets have been the most successful team in MPL, where they have been showing their cricketing skills to the fullest. The team won the inaugural season of MPL 2023, where they were declared the winners after the match was abandoned due to weather conditions. But in the following season of MPL 2024, they retained their championships by playing good cricket throughout the season and proved their worth. They have been the table toppers for the last two seasons and have a good winning ratio through the tournament.

Ratnagiri Jets Owner

Ratnagiri Jets is owned by Rajan Navani, Founder and CEO of JetSynthesys, along with Rakesh Navani, who is a Joint Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Jetline Group of Companies. The team is co-owned by Mahindra Lulla, who is a Managing Director in Kranti Wines Private Limited. The team owners have made an entry in WMPL also. The team owned by JetSynthesys is a famous gaming company in India that has made famous cricket-based games like Real Cricket and even Sachin Tendulkar’s Sachin Saga Cricket Champions and Sachin Saga VR.

Ratnagiri Jets Administration and Support Staff

Ratnagiri Jets has done impressive work in selecting their Administrative and support staff for the team. The supporting staff has worked very well with the team over the past two seasons and had an equal role in winning back-to-back championships. The staff has worked hard with the team to boost their overall performance, which can be seen on the field.

The information about the specific coaches is not available at the moment, but all the names available are under the support staff, which means that the team focuses on collective help from the supporting staff rather than giving a specific role to each of them. The support staff includes: Farhad Patel, Abhijeet Sapkal, Shiv Kirloskar, Sachin Aradhye, Harshal Gandre, Arpan Majumder, Vishwas Walavalkar, Dr. Swarup Nimbhore, Mangesh Khedkar, Guruprasad, Hrishikesh Paygude, Monish Ghokale, and Saurabh Walkar.

Head Coach

Ranjit Pande is the Head Coach of Ratnagiri Jets, where he guided the team to win the championships over the last two years and show a dominating spirit. He is a former cricket player who used to play for the domestic team of Maharashtra. He was exposed to very few cricket matches as a batsman, but has shown his worth as a coach in MPL. His coaching style has been perfect for Ratnagiri Jets and making them a successful team in the league. He will also be the head coach of WMPL Ratnagiri Jets.

Lead Performance Coach

Ratnagiri Jets has recently appointed Devieka Palshikaar as their Lead Performance Coach for the MPL 2025 season for both men's and women's teams. She will have a major role in improving the overall performance of the team by collaborating with the other support staff. She has good work experience, serving as the batting coach for Mumbai Indians in the WPL and as head coach for the Kerala Senior Women’s Team. The team is looking forward to having better performance results by working with her.

Batting Coach

Ratnagiri Jets have not provided any information about their batting coach. However, head coach Ranjit Pande is likely to take up the role in the tournament.

Bowling Coach

The information about the bowling coach of Ratnagiri Jets has not been provided on any platform. It could come out as the tournament goes on.

Fielding Coach

Amit Kushte is the fielding coach of Ratnagiri Jets for the 2025 season. He is a former cricket player from Maharashtra.

Ratnagiri Jets Team Sponsorships

Ratnagiri Jets has roped in two new sponsors for the third season of MPL, including Gadre Marine as an official sponsor, a seafood-based company that is one of the largest crabstick manufacturers. They have also signed SNIX Sports as the official merchandise partner, a sports clothing brand. The other companies like Fleetguard Filtrum, Chitale Bingebar, and Pitaara are already sponsoring Ratnagiri Jets, where all the sponsors look to invest in the grassroots level of cricket and expand it across Maharashtra. It also focuses on expanding the brand value and having a positive impact on the local cricket ecosystem.

Ratnagiri Jets Social Media

Ratnagiri Jets has its presence on various social media platforms where it focuses on updating the fans and viewers with schedule, results, announcements, and even the key moments of the match. Here are the social media handles of Ratnagiri Jets:

Ratnagiri Jets Instagram

The official Instagram handle of Ratnagiri Jets is @ratnagirijets, where it has more than 36.3K followers. The team is most active on Instagram as compared to the other social media handles.

Ratnagiri Jets Twitter

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Ratnagiri Jets is @RatnagiriJets, where it has around 200+ followers. The account focuses on both men's and women's cricket.

Ratnagiri Jets Facebook

Ratnagiri Jets' official Facebook account is Ratnagiri Jets, it has more than 350+ followers. All the updates regarding the team are shared on the Facebook account.

Ratnagiri Jets Stats

Ratnagiri Jets have been performing well in the league, and the stats of the team are also quite impressive. The game played by the team contributes to winning with a good past winning record, and all the players perform in a way that results in a positive way as a collective effort of the whole team. Ratnagiri Jets Players have always shown intent and competitiveness in all departments of the game. We will have a deeper analysis of the team's stats over the past two years.

Ratnagiri Jets: Batting Stats

The batting of Ratnagiri Jets has been up to the mark from the first season, where the batsmen play dependable as well as explosive innings throughout the tournament. The top batters of the team are Dhiraj Phatangare and Azim Kazi, Ratnagiri Jets Captain, both have scored 400+ runs in the last two seasons with a decent strike rate, showing consistency in dependable innings. The batsmen like Nikhil Naik and Preetam Patil have shown hitting abilities by scoring 300+ runs with a strike rate of 160+.

Ratnagiri Jets: Bowling Stats

Ratnagiri Jets has been equally good as their other departments. They have a bowling sensation, Satyajeet Bachhav, who has bowled really well for the team and has scalped 25 wickets in just 11 innings with an impressive economy rate of 7.39 and average of 11.12. Other bowlers have worth in the team, like Pradeep Dadhe and Kunal Thorat, who have taken 22 and 14 wickets respectively with a decent economy rate, which helps in putting pressure on the batsman.

Ratnagiri Jets Performance Over The Years

Ratnagiri Jets' performance in the tournament has been the best so far, where the team has won the championship two times since the inaugural season of MPL. In the 2023 season, the team won the championship with a mix of luck and hard work, where they were the table toppers and in the finals, as the match was abandoned due to weather, they were titled as the champions, but they had shown the skillset throughout the season.

In the 2024 season, they did exceptionally well, and with the top performance of Satyajeet Bachhav, who took 25 wickets, and Dhiraj Phatangare, who has been the most consistent player, they won the MPL title again. The team has been a balanced side, works with proper execution, and gets positive results out of it. This makes Ratnagiri Jets matches a treat to watch for their fans.

Ratnagiri Jets 2025 Squad: Players to Watch Out For

With the new season of MPL 2025, Ratnagiri has bought some new player to play for their team this season and continue the legacy of winning the championships. There are many new faces in the team, and they are expected to perform well in the MPL 2025. Batsmen like Jay Pande and Joeruebenson Pardeshi are to be looked for their batting skills, and Harshil Sawant, an all-rounder, is to be looked for his all-rounder abilities and is looking forward to prove their worth in the team and even in the future years of the team.

Ratnagiri Jets Full Squad

Azim Kazi (c), Jay Pande, Joeruebenson Pardeshi, Siddhant Giri, Harshil Sawant, Manoj Yadav, Prathamesh Gawade, Ajinkya Naik, Krushna Martand, Abhimanyu Jadhav, Samarth Kadam, Atish Rathod, Krish Shahapurkar, Yashwant Kale, Ashkan Kazi, Atharva Dharamdhikari.